Digital Library of Appalachia

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Daughter of Slaves
Afro-Americans
Roan Mountain resident's recollections of "Aunt Cindy" Griffeth, a beloved Yancey County resident who was the daughter of slaves.
Lees-McRae College

The beginning of Lincoln Memorial University / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
American Missionary Association. ; Howard, Oliver Otis -- 1830-1909.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.; Myers, Arthur Aaron.; Twain, Mark -- 1835-1910.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the background and beginning of Lincoln Memorial University. Lincoln Memorial University was chartered in memory of President Abraham Lincoln, on Lincoln's birthday, February 12, 1897. General...
Lincoln Memorial University

The Problem of the mountains.
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Agriculture.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.; Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs.;
The article relates to the Cumberland Gap region, at the tri-states intersection of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee and the need for conservation and education in the life and industry in this Appalachian region.
Lincoln Memorial University

The background of Lincoln Memorial University / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Arthur, Alexander A. ; Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.; Walker, Thomas -- 1715-1794.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the influences that worked towards the development of Lincoln Memorial University. The Cumberland Gap area is where Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee intersect. Possible visitors to the...
Lincoln Memorial University

grandmother (talking)
Ballads;
Viola Cole talks with Kip Lornell about her grandmother and other family history. She learned most of the ballads she sings from her mother who learned them from Viola's grandmother. This interview takes place in her Carroll County home.
Ferrum College

Oral History - Coon Creek Girls String Band
Banjo Music--Kentucky; Folk Songs--Kentucky; Oral History--Kentucky; Ledford, Lily May; Renfro Valley Barn Dance; Coon Creek Girls;
While performing at Berea College 1-24-80, Lily May Ledford (Powell County, Kentucky) tells of the formation in 1937 of the Coon Creek Girls string band which performed for many years as part of the Renfro Vally Barn Dance stage and radio shows.
Berea College

Oral History - Coon Creek Girls String Band at the White House - Part 1
Banjo Music--Kentucky; Folk Songs--Kentucky; Oral History--Kentucky; Ledford, Lily May; Renfro Valley Barn Dance; Coon Creek Girls;
While performing at Berea College 1-24-80. Lily May Ledford (Powell County, Kentucky) tells of the Coon Creek Girls string band performing at the White House in 1939 for the King and Queen of England and President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Berea College

Oral History - Coon Creek Girls String Band at the White House - Part 2
Banjo Music--Kentucky; Folk Songs--Kentucky; Oral History--Kentucky; Ledford, Lily May; Renfro Valley Barn Dance;
While performing at Berea College 1-24-80. Lily May Ledford (Powell County, Kentucky) tells of the Coon Creek Girls string band performing at the White House in 1939 for the King and Queen of England and President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Berea College

Oral History - Coon Creek Girls String Band at the White House - Part 3
Banjo Music--Kentucky; Folk Songs--Kentucky; Oral History--Kentucky; Ledford, Lily May; Renfro Valley Barn Dance;
While performing at Berea College 1-24-80. Lily May Ledford (Powell County, Kentucky) tells of the Coon Creek Girls string band performing at the White House in 1939 for the King and Queen of England and President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Berea College

Pretty Polly (Spoken Introduction)
Banjo Music--Kentucky; Pretty Polly; Folk Songs--Kentucky; Oral History--Kentucky; Ledford, Lily May;
Lily May Ledford (Powell County, Kentucky) tells of her mother's oppinion of the murder ballad, Pretty Polly while performing at Berea College 1-24-80.
Berea College

Talking - J. Roy describes his banjo and tells its history.
Banjo Music--North Carolina; Stalcup, J. Roy;
J. Roy Stalcup playing banjo, singing, and talking about banjo tunings and the sources of his repertoire. Recorded by Lee Knight at Martin's Creek, Cherokee County North Carolina on 3-13-79.
Berea College

New historical material about Lincoln / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Bell, John -- 1797-1869. ; Brownlow, John B.; Douglas, Stephen Arnold -- 1813-1861. ; Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates.; Tennessee, East -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about the Lincoln celebration talk of Hon. John B. Brownlow of Knoxville, Tennessee. The lecturer relates that his father had gone to Chattanooga, Tennessee to hear Stephen A. Douglas speak there in...
Lincoln Memorial University

Miss Elizabeth Jackson and Grace Nettleton Home / Elizabeth Jackson. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Boarding schools; Orphanages -- Tennessee -- Harrogate -- History.; Orphanages; Grace Nettleton Home (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.;
Superintendent Elizabeth Jackson describes her role in running the Grace Nettleton Home, a home for girls who are orphaned or who have some kind of "domestic upheaval." The Grace Nettleton Home is located on the campus of Lincoln...
Lincoln Memorial University

Pioneers / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Boone, Daniel -- 1734-1820.; Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.)
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about Lincoln Memorial University as a "living memorial to Abraham Lincoln" in the famous area of Cumberland Gap: where the states of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky intersect. It was...
Lincoln Memorial University

Religious address by Hon. Williams Jennings Bryan / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Bryan, William Jennings -- 1860-1925.; Clay, Henry -- 1777-1852.; Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about the religious address of Hon. William Jennings Bryan, the noted orator and political leader, at Lincoln Memorial University on June 5, 1921. Since a vast crowd of people arrived in cars,...
Lincoln Memorial University

Watt's Hotel at Cumberland Gap / [unknown].
Buildings -- Tennessee -- Cumberland Gap.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.; Watt's Hotel (Cumberland Gap, Tenn.)
This photograph shows the Watt's Hotel at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The mounted articles states that the "hotel was built by English prospectors circa 1887, and destroyed by fire in 1912." The article continues: The names of the men...
Lincoln Memorial University

Holston Conference Camp Meeting Report, 1870
Camp meetings; Evangelistic work; Holston Conference; Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Holston Conference
Report of the Holston Conference committee on camp meetings, describing the successes of earlier camp meetings within Holston and encouraging the Conference to establish additional camp meetings.
Emory & Henry College

The wonders of Devil's Garden" / by F.S. Lee, Engineer and Mining Geologist, Middlesboro, Kentucky. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Caves -- Tennessee, East. ; Cumberland Mountains -- History.
An illustrated article from the "Mountain Herald" about a chasm in the Cumberland Mountains, known as "Devil's Garden." This formation was "hewn out of the hard sandstone ledges and the intervening softer shales of the...
Lincoln Memorial University

Of interest to tourists / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Caves -- Tennessee, East. ; Geology -- Cumberland Gap (Tenn.)
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about the scenic route along the Dixie Route "A" through Cumberland Gap. The beautiful King Solomon's Cave is described in detail, as it has been compared favorably to the celebrated...
Lincoln Memorial University

Picking up the homeless little girls of the hills / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Child welfare -- Tennessee -- Harrogate -- History.; Grace Nettleton Home (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University. Grace Nettleton Home.; Orphanages -- Tennessee -- Harrogate -- History.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Grace Nettleton Home: an orphanage for homeless children of the mountains, managed by Lincoln Memorial University. Founded by Mr. F. E....
Lincoln Memorial University

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